Mantracourt,
a leading manufacturer of industrial measurement technologies,
is celebrating the success of its portable strain gauge display
for use as a
strain gauge indicator or load cell indicator, (PSD). Developed
for a range
of industrial customer applications, the PSD is now used by thousands
of
engineers and technicians around the world.

Enabled for automatic
sensor calibration and having a waterproof enclosure,
a long battery life and with a sister handheld for RS232 output,
the PSD
strain gauge indicator is ideal for a broad range of industrial
applications
where load, pressure, force or weight measurement data needs
to be reliably
and accurately recorded.

"The PSD
strain gauge display has been developed over recent years for
use
in harsh environments and is also small and light, so it has
proven ideal
for the collection of strain gauge and load cell data in industrial
and
architectural environments," said Kelly Voysey. "There
is also a great deal
of intelligence that has been developed into the PSD, making
it a highly
effective and powerful tool for the collection and analysis of
this type of
data."

Mantracourt are
specialists in the design and manufacture of electronics for
measurement technologies including strain gauge, temperature,
pressure,
voltage, current, potentiometer, rate, flow, LVDT and displacement
in either
analogue, digital or wireless form.

"Having
been in production since 2003, the PSD strain gauge indicator
has
proven to be a highly effective solution in a broad range of
applications,"
said Kelly Voysey, Marketing Manager at Mantracourt. "We
have sold many
thousands worldwide and we expect a similar growth in sales over
the next
few years. Indeed, it is successful products such as the PSD
that helped
Mantracourt gain the Queen's Award for Enterprise in International
Trade."

A typical application
of the PSD digital display has been the monitoring of
the loads on 'guide wires', used to maintain the stability of
radio masts.
Load shackles with built-in TEDS capabilities are used in the
guylines. The
TEDS shackles have the intelligence to hold the calibration details
of the
associated shackle. Using a TEDS enabled PSD load cell display,
an operative
can connect the PSD to each shackle through a 5 pin Binder socket
and the
mating connector supplied.

Once connected,
the load can be easily read by the PSD using the simple
peak/valley hold or gross/net keyboard functions. As calibration
is not
required, the handheld does not need to be informed as to what
shackle it is
currently measuring which prevents mix-ups occurring when taking
readings.
Anyone attending the mast can simply take the readings required
by
connecting and switching on the PSD. Alternatively, using the
PSD232, the
sister of the PSD, connection to RS232 can be made which will
allow users to
interface with a PC or datalogger, for example. The PSD232 sends
the
displayed value to the RS232 port at 9600 baud in an ASCII format,
terminated by a carriage return and line-feed.

"The PSD
is designed and entirely manufactured at our factory in the UK,
"
said Kelly. "This enables us to ensure the quality and provide
the very best
technical and engineering support for the PSD."

* Portable digital
display for use as a strain gauge indicator or load cell
indicator

About
Mantracourt
Mantracourt design and manufacture instrumentation for load cells,
strain gauges, pressure sensors, torque transducers, flow sensors,
temperature sensors, for signal conditioning, display and control
using analogue, digital and radio wireless telemetry techniques.
Based near Exeter in the South-West of England, Mantracourt Electronics
has become firmly established as a key technology provider to
many major OEM sensor manufacturers and now has a product range
of over 1000 designs. Key to its commercial success is Mantracourt's
specialist engineering team that is constantly developing new
products using the latest technologies and components. Mantracourt
was awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise in International
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